Jasper County Democrat, Volume 5, Number 40, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 January 1903 — By the Short Cut. [ARTICLE]

By the Short Cut.

One of the great newspapers is print ed in an office that has three ful stories blow the ground level, the enot mous presses resting on foundation •ven below this depth. An “old subscriber” came to look a the establishment one day, and th< business manager showed him round They had inspected,, the editorial anc composing rooms and the business offices, and last of all they went t< look at the engines and presses. The stairway leading down to th< basement had several landings, and t< the visitor it seemed that the journey would never end. “Well,” he gasped, as they stood a! last on the very bottom floor, “I se< you have arranged to get your news from China by the shortest route!”